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THIS book is a translation of a French treatise on hydraulics by Prof. Busquet, of the École industrielle de Lyon. It claims to be a text-book of applied hydraulics in which complete technical theories, and all useful calculations for the erection of hydraulic plant are presented: The translator appears to have done his work well, and to have given the meaning of the author in English terms and phrases. While the same arithmetical methods used in the original have been adhered to, the dimensions have been changed into ordinary British units, and the constants given in the formulie have been modified to suit the change. The first three chapters deal with the elementary principles of the flow of water in open channels and pipes, and the last chapter with the flow over weirs. These subjects are dealt with in a simple and practical way. They do not, however, contain any information that is not to be found in English text-books on the same subject.
A Manual of Hydraulics.
By R. Busquet. Translated by A. H. Peake. Pp. viii + 312. (London: Edward Arnold, 1906.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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A Manual of Hydraulics . Nature 75, 29 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/075029b0
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